Philologos

Philologos is an etymology column about Yiddish, Hebrew and Jewish words and phrases. It ran for 24 years in The Forward; since January 2015, it has run in Mosaic.[1][2] It is written anonymously.[3][1]

This article is about a newspaper column. For the Saint, see Philologos of Sinope.

Mira Sucharov of Canadian Jewish News wrote in 2016 that "Philologos" is a pseudonym of Hillel Halkin,[4] and Edward Alexander expressed conviction in 2017 that Halkin was the column's author.[5] Halkin later confirmed in 2021 that he penned it, describing it as possessing "independent status as a fictional character" he invented. Philologos, Halkin continued, "often says things or goes out on a limb by expressing crazy things" that Halkin "would never say."[6]

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References
  1. Eisher, Jane (6 December 2014). "Farewell Philologos". The Forward. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "Philologos Joins Mosaic". Mosaic Magazine. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. Tracy, Marc (31 August 2010). "Another View of 'Cordoba'". Tablet. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. Sucharov, Mira (24 May 2016). "Making Hatikvah an anthem for all of Israel's citizens". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. Edward Alexander (9 February 2017). "Reflections on Death, Mourning and the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition". Algemeiner Journal. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. Halkin, Hillel (31 August 2021). "Revealed". Forward.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.


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